Chinese audio rip-offs

[edwinr]

In another forum this pic was posted of components replaced in a Chinese built amplifer...

 

[kwr]

Ouch - spill the beans or at least a link.

I have a Chinese preamp (Consonance) which has operated flawlessly for five years.

I know personally of a couple of importers of other goods who will not deal with the Chinese having been stung by high quality samples and low quality product.

Kevin

 

[edwinr]

Fact or fiction? I don't know. Makes good reading though...

Here's one link: http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14949

Here's another interesting link: http://www.newstarget.com/PhotoTour_Energizer_Batteries_2.html

 

[timm]

let me guess... everything is coated with lead paint???

 

[Audioquest]

Reminds me of a Soundstage preamp I bought a couple years ago. The "massive" transformer was only a facade for much smaller one inside an empty shell of a large transformer.
Keep your eye out for this deceiving unit:

Hummed more than a hummingbird and super cheap parts throughout.
The words Sound and Stage had no right be be used with this product unless the suffix "less" was added to each.